gtechtools - Region 3 2013 Agenda

Below are the links we'll be using in the August 20, 2013 workshop. Each should open in a new window so you won't have to keep finding this page again.

Handout

Evaluation Resources

SAMR Model by Ruben Puentedura, Ph.D.
- Apps in Education by SAMR Level
Bloomin’ Apps by Kathy Schrock
Padagogy Wheel by Allan Carrington

Live Feedback (Participation)

Web
- Poll Everywhere
- Today’s Meet (the room for the August 20th training)
- Infuse Learning
Web & App
- Socrative

Collaborative Writing Tools

Web
- Google Docs
- Primary Pad
- Wikispaces
  - The Students' History
    - November Learning podcast: Building Legacay Within a Textbook (Garth Holman & Michael Pennington)
    - IdeaJam: Education Live Stream (students are featured from 16:50 to 38:20)
    - Link to the teachers' blog
  - Great Books for Gifted Kids Wiki

Graphic Organizers/Diagrams

Web & App
- Lino (App)
- Mindmeister (iPad users - Mindmeister App)
App
- Grafio Lite
- Skitch (Syncs with Evernote)
- Popplet Lite (read this blog post for examples)
- Inspiration Maps Lite
- SimpleMind+
- Idea Sketch
PC
- Bubbl.us
- SpicyNodes
- Mind42 (requires activation email)
- Mindomo (requires activation email)
- Exploratree (for designing then printing graphic organizers)
- Creately
- Cacoo.com

Image Tools

Word Clouds
- Web
  - Wordsift
  - Word It Out
- PC
  - Tagxedo (requires Microsoft Silverlight)
Web & App
- Thinglink (App) - Make your images interactive
PC
- Infogram - Make infographics
- The Noun Project (http://thenounproject.com/) – Free icons for inforgraphics
- Aviary - Photo editing

Storytelling

Video Tools

Web & App
- Animoto (App)
App
- Pixntell (Edu version is $1.99)
- Videolicious
PC
- Wevideo
Screencasting
- App
- PC
  - Jing
  - Screencast-O-Matic($15/year for editing capabilities)

Other “Stuff"

Fastest Tube - Download YouTube videos by adding a plug-in
Tube Chop - Allows you to clip a section of a YouTube video & provide link to the clipPrint What You Like - Allow you/student to choose exactly what you want to print from a web page
Productivity Tools
- Dropbox (http://db.tt/N4Wssa8Y) - web and app
  - [Disclosure - if you use the link above to signup for your own free account, we both get 500MB additional space free]
- Evernote (http://evernote.com/) – web and app
EduClipper - Pinterest for education

Content Resources
Check out one of the resources that is closest to what you teach/support

TED - videos of inspiring "talks" made by visionary leaders in numerous fields
TED-Ed- model lessons that feature animated video, customizable
Khan Academy- most notable for math, but other topics included
Mathtrain.tv - middle school math (learn more about how Mathtrain started in a podcast)
Wolfram Alpha- math and comparative information (search engine)
Flipped Learning- secondary science
Great Books for Gifted Kids Wiki - Educator created wiki to collaborate on great books for gifted kids

Blogs to Follow

Byrdseed Gifted (http://www.byrdseed.com /) by Ian Byrd
Unwrapping the Gifted (http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/unwrapping_the_gifted /) by Tamara Fisher
Gifted Exchange (http://giftedexchange.blogspot.com /) by Laura Vanderkam

Twitter

#gtchat- global conversation about gifted education, 6 pm CST (US) Fridays
Check out the handout for suggested folks to follow and articles on Twitter.

For the independent study folks:

Weebly- free web site creator
TED Talks- incredible source for videos by experts and innovators in a WIDE range of fields
RSA Animate- animated sketching that enhanced fascinating lectures
Library 2 Play: 23 Things- blog independent study on 23 web 2.0 tools
Livebinders - way to structure web research
50+ Web 2.0 Ways to Tell a Story - tons of web 2.0 tools for digital storytelling and much more
Teach with Web 2.0 - another wiki filled with web 2.0 tools for teaching